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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ancestral” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ancestral114518(None) 
ancestrally1663382ancestrally
ancestry1344392ancestr_y
accentual1343673accentual
acetal84314903a_ce_t_al
agrestal945653agrest_al
ancestor1046853ancest_or
ancestored1343653ancestored
ancestors1147233ancestors
ancestress1243263ancestress
ancestries1246863ancestries
anestri746933an_estr_i
anestrus856313an_estrus
antral65719413an___tral
astral66919283a___stral
austral73411513a__ustral
campestral1652373campestral
central93114473__central
estral64716513___estral
fenestral1244113fenestral
neutral737923_n_eutral
noncentral1248003noncentral
orchestral1573893orchestral
palestral1145323palestral
sceptral1244513_sceptral
semestral1185293semestral
vestral104111013__vestral

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.593301333.9
2DLD Change Limit148641278.01618543.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.62520717.8
 
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